[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/lisp/font-lock.el,v

[Glenn Morris]

CVSROOT:        /sources/emacs
Module name:    emacs
Changes by:     Glenn Morris <gm>       08/09/20 20:16:30

Index: font-lock.el
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RCS file: /sources/emacs/emacs/lisp/font-lock.el,v
retrieving revision 1.339
retrieving revision 1.340
diff -u -b -r1.339 -r1.340
--- font-lock.el        27 Jun 2008 07:34:46 -0000      1.339
+++ font-lock.el        20 Sep 2008 20:16:29 -0000      1.340
@@ -288,6 +288,11 @@
 ;; We now allow a FACENAME in `font-lock-keywords' to be any expression that
 ;; returns a face.  So the easiest thing is to continue using these variables,
 ;; rather than sometimes evaling FACENAME and sometimes not.  sm.
+
+;; Note that in new code, in the vast majority of cases there is no
+;; need to create variables that specify face names.  Simply using
+;; faces directly is enough.  Font-lock is not a template to be
+;; followed in this area.
 (defvar font-lock-comment-face         'font-lock-comment-face
   "Face name to use for comments.")